Minerva
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"Yes, my children will avenge me. They must destroy the Romans. Horrible, dishonorable, copycat Romans. [Juno] argued that we must keep the two camps apart. I said, No, let them fight. Let my children destroy the usurpers." |
— Minerva to Annabeth Chase[[{{{4}}}|[src]]] |
Minerva is the Olympian of wisdom, strategy, warfare, arts, crafts, battle, and reason. Daughter of Jupiter and Metis and Roman aspect of Athena and the vakha Nomin, Minerva was born inside her father's body; Metis had been swallowed whole by Jupiter in fear of the Prophecy of Betrayal, leading to Minerva causing a headache in Jupiter's head. Vulcan then broke Jupiter's head open, allowing Minerva to escape.
Jupiter then sent Minerva to Lake Tritonis, where she met and accidentally killed the nymph Pallas. Minerva also gave Pandora the gift of cleverness and weaving, invented the flute, both cursed and blessed Teiresias, transformed Arachne into a spider, become patron goddess of Athens, helped with the Olympian Riot, and supported the Greeks in the Trojan War. When Rome conquered Greece, the original Athena became Minerva, a very different goddess, making the latter despise the Romans for downgrading her. Children of Athena would also start most demigod civil wars, while Minerva charged each of them with the Quest for the Athena Parthenos.
Millennia later, Minerva and Athena were split apart in the Great Divine Schism, soon after Minerva charged Annabeth Chase with following the Mark of Athena towards the Athena Parthenos. Chase became the first to succeed in finding the Parthenos. Eventually, the New Roman praetor Reyna Ramírez-Arellano returned the Parthenos to Camp Half-Blood, uniting the two camps and ending the Schism permanently. Minerva then proceeded to help Chase kill Enceladus in the Battle in Athens.
Abilities
- Divine Wisdom: Minerva is extremely wise, intelligent, and knowledgeable.
- Craftsmanship: An incredibly skillful craftswoman, Minerva invented the art of weaving and helped Jason draw blueprints for the Argo.
- Shapeshifting: Minerva was able to transform herself into pure intelligence to escape from Jupiter's head, as well as many other forms.
- Transfiguration: Minerva turned Medusa, Euryale, and Stheno into the first Gorgons, Coronis into the first raven, Arachne into the first spider, and Perdix into the first partridge.
- Inventions: Minerva created the first flute, which played so beautifully that Marsyas was able to use it to hold his own in a musical competition with Apollo.
- Item Teleportation: Minerva replaced Annabeth Chase's books with her Yankees cap and a square of ambrosia.
- Curses: Minerva can place horrible curses on objects, such as her flute, and mortals, such as Teiresias or Daedalus.
- Sacred Animal Control: Minerva can control animals sacred to her, such as owls and serpents.
- Amokinesis Immunity: As a virgin goddess, Minerva is immune to Venus's ability of arousing love and passion in others, as well as the infamous arrows of Cupid.
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Titanic counterpart(s)
- Metis (as goddess of wisdom)
Alternate vakha aspect(s)
Trivia
- The minor planet 93 Minerva is named after Minerva.
- Minerva is featured on both the medal of honor, the highest military decoration awarded by the United States Government, and the state seal of California.
Notes and references
- ↑ Minerva escaped Jupiter's head with help from Vulcan, who imprisoned Juno in a throne as soon as he arrived. However, Bacchus was the one who encouraged him to free her, after he had become an Olympian. Therefore, the Gigantomachy had already past at that time, implying that Juno was imprisoned during the entire war. Minerva fought in the Gigantomachy; she escaped Jupiter's head before the war and after Vulcan arrived, during the early stages of Juno's imprisonment. Therefore, Minerva was born before. For more information, see Bachland Wiki:Greek Mythology Timeline.